On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I guess the obvious follow up question is when your systems search among > options for a response to a situation, they don't search in a systematic way > through spaces of options? They can just start anywhere and end up anywhere > in the system's web of knowledge - as you can in searching the Web itself? > > Presumably they must search among well-defined spaces, otherwise how could > you have been having this argument about combinatorial explosion with > Richard et al? > Some OpenCog/Novamente MindAgents search systematically, some search unsystematically... > > A web, I guess, by definition - (I'm tossing this out as I go along) - > can't be systematically searched, and there can be no combinatorial > explosion. At worst, you can surf for too long :). > The World Wide Web can certainly be systematically searched... and Web search algorithms are susceptible to combinatorial explosions... ben g ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=114414975-3c8e69 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
